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CORSET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14| I9I9.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

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CORSET.

Application filed April 14, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, GENEVIEVE HEILNER, citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York andVState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a corset constructed in a novel manner tov reduce the abdomen and at the same time to support the same in a comfortable manner, and in carrying out this end I provide the front of each half of the corset with two flaps which are secured along vertical lines to spaced portions of the usual fabric body, the lower ends of said flaps being attached to each other and carrying hose supporters, while the upper portions of said flaps are preferably connected by elastic inserts. By this arrangement, the downward pull on the hose supporters keeps the abdomen down in proper position, the connected lower ends of the two flaps comfortably support the same, and sufficient elasticity for comfort is allowed by the inserts.

Vith the'foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel association of parts shown in the drawing, described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a corset constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively a vertical and a horizontal section on the planes inclicated bythe lines 2-2 and 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numerals 1 designate the two halves of the usual fabric body of the corset, said halves being provided at their front edges with appropriate fasteners 2. Wherever required, stays 3 are provided and these stays may terminate a suitable distance below the bottom of the corset. The front edges of the halves 1 are by preference bound by fabric strips at and the lower ends of said edges preferably carry hose supporters 5. Other supporters 6 are shown at points spaced outwardly from the supporters 5, and between the supporters 5 and 6, others 7 are located, it being with these supporters that the present invention is concerned.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 36, 1919.

Serial No, 289,7 74.

In the present arrangement, each half of the fabric bodyis formed of sections connected to each other by vertical rows of stitching 8 and one of these rows is located approximately four inches from each row of stitching 9 by which the binding strips aare attached. I preferably use the two rows of stitching 8 and 9 for attaching the flaps 10 and 11 to the corset, but it is to be clearly understood that this manner of connection is not essential and that any preferred means could be provided for attaching the flaps in the required manner.

The flaps 10 and 11 are shown of approximately triangular form, but here again this shape need not be followed too closely. It 1s essential however that the lower ends of the two flaps shall be secured one to the other, as by stitching 12, that only the remote outer edges 11 of said flaps shall be attached to the corset, and that the support ers 7 be connected to said lower ends of the flaps. The upper ends of the flaps 10 and 11 diverge upwardly and an elastic insert 13 by preference connects said flaps near said upper ends. The insert is attached to the flaps by stitching or the like 14: and is free of connection with the fabric body of the corset, and said insert is of such length as to slightly pucker said fabric body as seen at 15, before the corset is applied. When posi tioned snugly around the wearers body how ever the puckers 15 are more or less drawn out and it will be seen that the inserts will provide sufficient elasticity for comfort, al lowing a slight expansion over the abdomen.

When the corset is applied, the four flaps 10 and 11 are positioned in front of the abdomen and their overlapping portions are so disposed with relation thereto as to form an effective and comfortable support. The hose supporters 7 exert a downward pull on the flaps, consequently exerting a downward that it may be manufactured in numerous other embodiments within the scope of the invention as claimed. r

I claim:

1. The combination with the front por- 1 tions of two corset halves; of a pair of flaps stitched on approximately verticallines to the outer side of each of said front portions and being otherwise free of connection with said halves, said flaps depending from the lines of stitching to a common point, being connected to each other at said common point and mutually carrying a hose supporter at said point j 2. The combination with the front portions of two corset halves of a air of fia s v stitched on approximately vertical lines to the outer side of each of said portions, said flaps depending from the lines of stitching Copies of this patent may be obtained tor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

being otherwise free of connection with sald halves, the lower ends of said flaps being overlapped, connected to each other, and V carrying'a hose supporter.

3. A structure as specified in claim 1, together with an elastic insert between and attached at its ends to the upper portions of said flaps, said insert being of a length to slightlypucker the front portionof the corset halves.

my hand. 1

' GENEVIEVE HEILNER. 7

Washington, D. 0." 7 

